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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA Bill by Jim Fruchterman

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by DonkeyHotey. Because, if we make software that promises to keep your life or death sensitive information secret to the best of our abilities, we won’t build a back door in for Syria, or China, or the U.S. Note from Beth: I ran into Jim Fruchterman at the Social Innovation Summit last week in Palo Alto.

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International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, the UN Refugee Agency, encourages all field officers to tell the stories of the refugees they are working with as this recent tweet from Syria illustrates. MT @atikaCNN Filming Syrian refugees crossing into Jordan safely – thanks @and_harper , @refugees + Jordan military pic.twitter.com/xMRJHR3xen. —

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